Friday, June 6, 2008

Smiley Friday

First off I met a lovely teacher at a school in Southsea and she has booked me in to run some recycling sessions this term. Made me feel good to see my diary filling up!

The sun was shining brightly and the birds were singing.

On the way home I managed to fit in some rather lovely retail therapy - more of which later.

None of that was as exciting as getting home to a very nice delivery from the postman - yesterday I got a note to say a parcel had been returned to the sorting office and I was fed up because I was expecting this and thought I'd have to wait 48 hours to get my mitts on it! (The one at the sorting office is another accidental purchase from Mr Amazon).I had been told by someone to expect something very soon.

Very tasty wrapping and a beautiful Lavender card - with a very funny message inside :)

We've had one or two hilarious conversations in which my fat a**e has been mentioned.....and her curvaceous sexy one!!

Here's a close up of my fat a**e:

The stitching is incredible and the colours are really me.

Lucy also sent me a gorgeous bundle of fabrics to play with....they are so gorgeous....I got squeeky on the phone to Lucy at this point :)

She also very kindly sent me an emergency supply of fabric for another little project. I had been stuck for the right fabric and my lovely Locket buddy came to the rescue!!

Thank you sooooo much Lucy!!! I adore my quilt and the fabrics are fantastic.

The emergency stash is already being put to very good use:

So...onto that bit of retail therapy I mentioned earlier.

I found a lovely shop I hadn't been to before on my way home. This is a real gem of a shop, selling beautiful and good quality yarns. My local wool shop is an acrylic dream but rarely has anything super special on show.

The young lady serving was so helpful. She helped me to find the right colours.........for some cute little projects. Although the patterns say Worsted (aran?) weight I bought DK and will just use a smaller hook.

Love that sexy fat a**e! What a beautiful mini quilt from Mrs L. Fabulous yarn purchases too. You are a good mum to let them have a water slide... you must have known it would mean water everywhere. Not quite as bad as spending half an hour filling a paddling pool to have it used for about 30 seconds... I'm so glad those days are over.xxx

Lesley! Lol at your post. Your quilt is so pretty, what a sweet keepsake and the stash love too....I wonder what that project is (giggles) - so pretty they all are. I love Owlishly patterns too, I think I have a few marked as favourites on my Etsy. Good deals on your shopping too and with the yarns, I prefer using natural yarns to acrylics most times especially for baby items. They just feel nicer.Have a great weekend,DyP.S. Hopefully Minx will change her mind about the slide...hopefully you didn't put it away!

May I say what a fine looking bottom you have Ms. Moogsmum??? You two are SOOOO funny -- you crack me up all the time. It's so wonderful to see you two having so much fun. In my mind I shall pretend that's you and Ms. Locket screaming down the waterslide. It looke like your littles have had a fabulous time with it!

I'm loving that fat a*!e stitchery, Lucy is a beautiful sewer. And the fabrics are just to die for, you lucky lucky lady.I accidentally ended up buying 2 more patterns after our email exchange oops! Dino guy and bee girl. Love the green yarn it's just the perfect colour.My kids also do stuff like yours, they nag, nag, nag. i give in and get them what they want, then 2 seconds later they've changed their minds, grrrrr!

My children love slip and slides! They should have had our 90+ degree weather! Lucy's quilt is so great! Is that really you? I am in love with your yarns!! That last one in the photo with the multi-colors is fantastic! And your patterns are so cute... I can't wait to see everything you're making!!! Lucy's fabric is great too... I love Heather Ross!

Hi, I'm Lesley aka Moogsmum. After years of dreaming about it I've finally set up my own business making and selling my handmade bags, brooches, pictures and accessories. I love to sew, knit, crochet, spin and weave. Married to Mr Moog with two lovely teenagers and two wonderful dogs - Merlin Moog, the world's cuddliest border collie, and naughty collie x spaniel Willow Wobbler.
You can often find me on Instagram where I'm @mrs_moog and I blog here about my crafty doings and life stuff.